Make Noise Strega Demo (with Modular!)

[@Oyasoom]

This video will sell Stregas. Best demo so far. Well done.

[@mylarmelodies]

Ta. If you're so inclined, check the link for a cheeky affiliate link to order one!!

[@Oyasoom]

@@mylarmelodies I wish I could ! I'll keep your affiliate ID in mind next time I buy something on Thomann (this is my main gear dealer - but I'm on a cheaper journey)

[@Dogboy73]

It's an excellent demo. And I always learn loads from mylarmelodie's videos.

[@gregorio98000]

Mylar will make you buy a synth you already own

[@hischuzzness551]

True that 😁

[@metokyo4960]

Its because youre the target, rather.

[@LaymensLament]

i manage to do that by myself

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Fun fact: the Italian term _strega_ (meaning witch) comes from the Late Latin _striga_ - that same Latin word led to the Polish _strzyga_ and Romanian _strigoi_ which are bloodsucking undead that later on inspired the tale of the vampires. Also fittingly, _striga_ in Romanian also means “to scream“, and has the same etymological provenance.

[@ulrichw.5950]

Insane: My son (9 yrs) just joined me watching the video and liked it instantly and said (in German) "hey, that sounds somewhat like a witch!" Makenoise obviously nailed it with the name!

[@eugeneortiz7141]

This isn’t a demo of the Strega, it’s a demo of your artistic ability. Beautiful work!!!!

[@mylarmelodies]

Hah thanks, always hopefully a bit of both - I need to see if I can make a Timbre Wolf sing 🤪

[@eugeneortiz7141]

@@mylarmelodies if anyone could it would be you! 😂

[@mylarmelodies]

I think I may need a delay pedal - or holy shit - a Strega, to do it

[@eugeneortiz7141]

@@mylarmelodies 🎯 😂

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Yaaassss myte! 👻👻👻 How fitting for you to explore the MELODIc side of Strega, something which everyone else on KZbin seems to have forgotten to do. Ayss!

[@awkwardturtle7973]

So many of these tones are devastating in the best possible way

[@Howaboua]

I swear man you make better sound exploratory demos than most big names' music

[@portamentous]

Honestly the best synth demo ever. I LOVE your voiceovers... Come play Dublin.

[@espctrl579]

Just the review i was waiting for, I love the style of your videos man. I got 0 coast after seeing your review, got the feeling this one is gonna light up my gas for strega real quick.

[@PaulBoos]

This is so amazing! You really are showing how musical the Strega is... That first thing with the Microfreak was incredible... That could be a hit. (Presume it was just a sequence...)

[@jppaglia1285]

Hells yes!!!! Beautifully handled, many thanks.

[@jthek2000]

You make my old modules popular every time.

[@freetimeprojex]

this is proof that sometimes: “wtf did i just see” can be a good thing. cheers.

[@prinzbach]

I know it’s a demo about the strega but my eyes are on the 4ms clock divider now!! Great use of it with LPG!

[@mylarmelodies]

Love that module - every home should have one

[@edmontontech2008]

Mine will be here tomorrow. Gonna pair this with my Swarm when it gets here.

[@mylarmelodies]

You’re gonna be in a world o’ noise

[@charliehoyt9377]

Impressive use of that little system! 🤩 Great review.

[@anchorheavenonearth]

Incredible work and combination once again!

[@MrSharps02]

that clark ref was on the money. major clarence park vibes throughout

[@EleniEliades_]

Been wondering where & how you were going to take the STREGA. What type of Trip/s will you be taking us on...? It was WONDROUSLY ECLECTIC !!! You create the type of video which one must listen to and watch several times in order to take it all IN because there is s0 much creativity there. Each Soundscape is brilliantly patched as well as played. Love your videos! I learn a lot from them...and from you when you explain what you're doing💡. I turned Modular around 14 months ago🙉🎛and LOVE IT~ It is frustrating at times but I've got a few books + your videos and all the others which helps. As well as asking questions on line or calling a company about a certain Module. Just received my STREGA and I can't keep my hands off of it! Very unique instrument. I'm fascinated by the gold touch points/triggers, bridges, whatever Make Noise & Cortini call them on the STREGA. I use them A LOT. You can create several Drum Beats by touching certain "bridges" together while adding another. So many sounds and possibilities to create ! If possible, can you make more videos with the STREGA ? That would be the Bee's Knees~ Ciáo.💥🎵🔥🐙

[@SorchaSublime]

arturia should sell the microfreak keyboard as a standalone keyboard. perhaps another in the step series. the Freakstep?

[@MrNamaikisaru]

0-control has a sequencer and the touch capacitive keys that are sensitive to pressure. A different beast but...

[@Tony2dH]

Funnily a lot of people want a desktop Microfreak, so they could just cut it in half and sell each part :p Personally I'd love a multi- or duo-timbral Minifreak

[@MrNamaikisaru]

@@Tony2dH I have heard that. I have one but I won’t be chopping it up. Im still trying to figure it all out.

[@Tony2dH]

@@MrNamaikisaru oh I meant Arturia can sell the halves separately! I wouldn't chop mine up either. I love it both as a very versatile synth and as a good replacement for my midi keyboard

[@MrNamaikisaru]

@@Tony2dH it’s too late, I’ve had at with a band saw and now it doesn’t seem to work anymore!

[@matteodesantis1565]

I was waiting for this video since MakeNoise introduced the Strega.

[@Jkeane1337]

I bought this day one because im a big cortini fan, that being said a lot of demos on it have been pretty underwhelming until this, you sir are a complete treasure.

[@feloxboivin2862]

Great video, I love the patches you made with your "Systeme Noir". I'd love to see more of it!

[@j.shelton5147]

Love the bag, love the shoes, love everything.

[@TheSilentCartgraph3r]

Where is the Metropolix demo?! I need Mylar & Metropolix pronto!

[@mylarmelodies]

Like the balrog, it is coming

[@fosferus]

@@mylarmelodies you come back to us now, at the turn of the tide.

[@audeon_visual]

Unreal, man. This sounds incredible.

[@MrNamaikisaru]

I've been waiting to see what you did with the Strega!

[@jvaranx]

Got one pre-ordered, this thing sounds great!

[@kirkegodfrey414]

Bonkers work sir. Grungy plunnkrrrr

[@chrisfjonesutube]

You need to basically flesh out these jams and release an EP under the moniker "Mylar and the Strega"... in your spare time, of course.

[@drewbronig]

11:20- 12:17 is so damn awesome. Would jam a whole track of that

[@Slacquerr]

I liked the "Stone in Focus" bits.

[@fabiancortes6255]

Sounds pretty Punk rock to me.Great demo with the Aphex little intro.

[@SoundsMick]

The system noir stuff sounds so wild. Whole video is like jumping around a really intense album, sounds great. Is all that crunch and distortion part of the whole Strega thing?

[@dietervoser4425]

Superb demo !

[@Onerva_official]

"Strega" is italian for "Witch"

[@devondaviau]

You're a wizard, Alex. 🧙‍♂️😄

[@Dogboy73]

......... the more I hear the more I want one. I love drone, noise, ambient etc, etc. type sounds. All of which this thing appears to excel at. And the fact that I look at it and can hardly make out what the fuck is going on only heightens it's appeal. It looks fun, bonkers, experimental, explorative. It's fantastic.

[@chrisfjonesutube]

20:36 I love the irony of plopping the Strega right on top of Maths... since you can't actually mount it within the case! I'd love it if MakeNoise would release a power adapter solution that would actually make this form factor optionally useable in the eurorack world.

[@KarateSnoopy]

You can rack mount 0-coast/Strega/0-ctrl. You just need a blank to cover the power adapter. I rack mounted the 0-coast in my case www.mentataudio.com/gear-studio-talk/how-to-rack-mount-a-make-noise-0-coast-in-a-eurorack-case/

[@chrisfjonesutube]

@@KarateSnoopy True! It is technically doable (great article on that btw). It's unfortunate that MakeNoise didn't go the extra couple steps to 1. align the holes for threaded strips, 2. provide a power solution that doesn't require hacks or soldering. The 60hp Moog semi-modular format is so much more useable... I love being able to easily mount my DFAM alongside my Maths instead of on top of it :D

[@DeathTrapProductions]

WHOA! Another Soma Ether owner! Mine just sits unused on the table too. The buyers remorse is so strong with that one.

[@mylarmelodies]

Haha the Strega is its own kind of Ether was what I was trying to say - when I can finally walk around a city I'll be taking mine out again!

[@Asiosky211]

been a long time since I saw one of your videos and for a second I thought I clicked on a Hainbach video with that "hello" at the beginning

[@mylarmelodies]

Check my podcast with him for the full effect

[@uweschnitzler9551]

I was a bit unsure about the Strega I pre ordered ...now I see the light ;-)

[@amirpf]

The Microfreak was music orgasm! Love these ideas!!

[@WillEganGriffiths]

Is the micro freak using any presets or just sending gate and pitch info to both Strega and 0coast??

[@geusensdriesmusic]

I’m liking this even before seeing it 😉

[@ImJonnay]

The ritual accoutrements really add to the vibe of this video.

[@mylarmelodies]

True story - I put a piece of my old cardboard case in the glass vial

[@ImJonnay]

OK, that's amazing. What a great idea.

[@robtronik]

I'm here for the witty banter and banging techno

[@derivativ3]

damn good tunes! i'm curious: are you using just the Turing machine as a sequencer at 21:40?

[@Sk8erMorris]

uff, 13:55 is just brilliant ^_^

[@aknekd]

hello, would it be possible for you to communicate the entire module list on the second part of the vid ? thanks

[@jonathanredman8497]

Great demo. Can I ask for a link to the goose neck mic on your Microfreak? Thanks.

[@boazeilander3617]

I want those jams with the bigger case on Spotify. Amazing.

[@WrazDubs]

Love your videos! big up!

[@tanksmoonchild]

Aaah. Lovely. If that is a word you can use to describe the strega? This is probably the make noise product I desire most.

[@nefstead]

Where are the harmonies coming from in the patch with the microfreak and the 0-coast? Really cool sound.

[@YTNUKLR]

Are you secretly employed by the credit card companies? Very neat work, love all the mix jams, Strega by itself tbh was not something that grabbed me immediately...Appreciate it GREATLY with some friends! Best

[@sprungjitsu8465]

Awesome. If i had those ~1600 bucks to spare i would buy the strega, 0coast and 0ctrl at once right away

[@jodd5534]

if you did youd wish you saved up for a shared system

[@sprungjitsu8465]

@@jodd5534 probably true

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Excellent demo as always and you unlock so much of it's potential. Soundwise, I feel Strega could be too 'exotic' for most people and even your video did not convince me otherwise. I don't think Strega sounds pleasant in any mode or input (it has MN on the panel, so it makes both sense and noise) but I can't wait to prove myself wrong. Regardless, you're the best. You can discuss total silence and still make it entertaining.

[@BrianKupferschmid]

Good news, I pre-ordered mine the day it was released; bad news, it’s on back order until July 5th.

[@sAllylikesbloodJ]

oooh jam at 22:27 is tasty!!

[@johanheinsen9281]

How is there no voltage droop on the patch c. 17:00 when you mult the pitch cv?

[@MrSharps02]

could be that the respective 1/v oct inputs are only gently sipping on their voltages and not guzzling the whole thing like an analog oscillator would, or some synths are smart enough to tell when theres more current being drawn from an output and so buffer the signal appropriately. i can mult pitches from my various digital sequencers all i want and none of them have any issues with pitch drop

[@joshdaniel1417]

whats the drum module you used on the smaller modular system?

[@whateverrrrname]

How do you feel the delay compares to the Lyra fx? I was thinking I can get something fairly similar with it, a wavefolded oscillator, filter landscape allflesh or do you feel Strega is very much more than the individual parts?

[@immo1729]

Liegt der 'Ether' dort als Handschmeichler herum ? ;-)

[@stophumanerror]

BEST DEMO

[@Lcrymlgy]

I know it's been forever, but do you remember what kind of sample you were feeding Rings?

[@mylarmelodies]

An Andreas Schneider interview

[@strangesevin]

Should I get this over 0 coast ?

[@edwardnixon1782]

Question: Why are you using the Line Out from the 0-Coast rather than the 10V Out at 18:00+?

[@paradiddle16]

Thanks for the vid! Some real nice sounds in there! One note: Isn't it an arturia microfreak and not a microbrute?

[@mylarmelodies]

Yup!!

[@GoblinBomb]

this is great! do I spy a Soma Ether? seems like a device that by its nature can't be demoed in a video, so I think I'm just going to have to obtain one 😤

[@smacksalad]

Soma Ether is awesome

[@mylarmelodies]

Hainbach managed it!! It's very good - and it reminds me a lot of the Strega

[@GoblinBomb]

@@mylarmelodies oh snap i didn't know hainbach did a video, thanks!

[@xticon27]

Question: What format is your 1U rail in your "System Noire," Pulp Logic or Intellijel? It seems that you have modules of both types.

[@mylarmelodies]

Those are Intellijel rails!

[@xticon27]

@@mylarmelodies Thank you kindly for your reply. I am perplexed as I understand that the Plum Audio module is Pulp Logic format.

[@chrisgilkes1687]

You should change the title to ‘Make Noise hit the jackpot paying me to do this video!’ - this is how you do promo vids. Brilliant. Tell Make Noise you got them a sale. Cannot wait to jam with this with my Pulsar 23.

[@rodrigoroque4831]

Sir, You should make a Polyend Preset for all of us owner that we are not realizing it's potential !

[@persimon_wav]

Lovely!

[@kellymerrill5294]

If you don't want to spend $600 look into the Non linear circuits delay no more, built one for $40 and uses the same chips, less features but similar.

[@SirSybian]

Nice to hear a spectrum of sounds finally. Glad I didn't jump on straight away but would be tempted to buy it when the buzz dies down and it's on sale for a significant discount.

[@johntrask8779]

Forth walled me at 16:10

[@the_waxen_pith8128]

2:10 Stone in focus

[@simonsherbourne]

Became fully helpless for a while after “frogs”.

[@उत्साहीमोर]

I like it when He says nice but it doesn't sound nice.

[@mylarmelodies]

This tickled me

[@thomashall4296]

THIS IS FUCKING SICKK!!!!!

[@Dogboy73]

Bit of Alchemy going on here 👍

[@HeadbangersLoungeandLaundry]

I now have to sell my wife’s car 😂❤

[@socks7545]

2:15 ahh the BoC territory

[@BEDM]

A joyful noise

[@Gyuudon-enjoyer]

Nbd just had a wand lying around the house

[@mylarmelodies]

True. Snapes wand....

[@KIMHOLM1000]

great.........

[@the_waxen_pith8128]

I’ve been a little underwhelmed, not by the Strega but the 12 min promos thus far. 🤞for Alex’s over the counter Maylarvelllous medicine

[@effiksmusic]

It’s magic 🪄

[@charlesdilks3267]

Ugggggh... ok, ok, I’ll get one

[@IdealStandard2046]

CouCou from Paris ;)

[@deathmetalhell]

oh my fuckin god you have a chunk of salt and a harry potter wand on the desk with some unlit candles? ugh like you chose to do that 🤮

[@mylarmelodies]

Words cannot express of how little importance this is. Get fired up about something important m8, the world is burning! x

[@gkillmaster]

Thanks so much. The question for me is Lyra-8 or Strega! What to do?!

[@mylarmelodies]

that’s like apples vs pears - both fruit and not dissimilar but also quite different, can you get to a shop where you could try both?

[@gkillmaster]

@@mylarmelodies oddly, I live down the street from Make Noise but they are closed to the public now. And there are no shops that have a Lyra I can try. Thanks for the reply and video!